Education

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Education

Impoverished farmers and workers often need their children to work in order to make enough to support the whole family. Fair Trade helps provide farming families with the income and stability they need to keep their children in school, instead of in the fields. From Nicaragua to India, farmer and worker associations have used Fair Trade funds to provide school supplies, pay for tuition and uniforms, set up scholarship programs, and finance free, healthy meals for children. Fair Trade revenues generated by the U.S. market have helped build schools and give the gift of education in some of the most historically isolated communities around the developing world.

Finlays Flowers was established in 1989 on the site of a historic tea plantation in Kenya's Rift Province. The farm is situated 100 miles west of Nairobi, in the city of Kericho, an area lying 2,167 meters above the seal level along the equator...

How Fair Trade Has Made a Difference

Donation of 550 sets of desks and chairs to more than 12 secondary schools. These schools received an influx of students following the post-election violence in 2008 and were left without sufficient supplies. The Joint Body purchased these supplies to donate to the Bureti District secondary schools

"Our standard of education has improved and the computer training has improved our chances of going to college and getting a good job… my knowledge has improved because we have access to all the information on the internet." ”

Jenifer Jency

Fair Trade premiums have supported the purchase of school buses and even a hostel for students who live far away from school.

Fair Trade Graduates with Honors

Have you or your children just finished another school year? Did you graduate this spring? Either way – We congratulate you!

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Fair Trade Provides Life-Changing Educational Opportunities

All around the globe, the fair prices and opportunities connected with Fair Trade are keeping kids in school. In many countries, impoverished farmers and workers often need their children to work in...